Saturday, July 30, 2011

upcycled sketch book - Day 29

Today I created a new sketch book for myself from recycled paper, mail brochures, and pattern scrapbook paper. After deciding on the size of the book I used my color staples to attach the white drawing paper and then ran the pages under my Elna sewing machine (great for handling thick, multiple pages). I capped things off with a little left over bling on the front cover from an old project.


Front cover of upcycled sketch book.








Enjoy,
Sandra

3 comments:

  1. Sandra this is fantastic. Love the colors and design. How long did it take to make?
    I hope you share what you create and bring to life inside those pages.
    hugs,
    Maggie

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  2. @Maggie
    Maggie, it only took about half an hour from start to finish since I had the found junk mail in a box ready to be used "JUNK BOX" ;-)

    I picked out my favorite colors, tore some drawing papers in half and decided to play with my color staples and sewing machine to add texture and interest to the journal.

    I did not have to bind the journal for I used an existing junk mail journal as my foundation and just transformed it by attaching papers and a junk mail postcard for the cover. AND of course some bling, bling to add shine ;-)

    These little light weight art journals are great for kids to create and to fill and also low cost - FREE to make; just requires your time and creativity.

    Enjoy;-)
    Sandra
    PS
    I will post what I creat inside, thanks for asking.

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